Business Analyst – Financial Consolidation & Reporting.
Location: 100% Remote.
Schedule: Monday-Friday, Standard Business Hours.
Duration: Approximately 9 Months (through March 2027).
Pay Rate: Competitive, DOE.
Job Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst to support financial planning, consolidation, and reporting processes within a complex enterprise environment. This role serves as the bridge between Accounting, Finance, and IT teams, ensuring financial systems, reporting structures, and data processes operate efficiently and accurately. The ideal candidate combines strong accounting and financial consolidation knowledge with hands-on experience supporting SAP BPC (Business Planning & Consolidation) solutions and financial reporting platforms.
Responsibilities:
- Act as the liaison between Accounting, Finance, and IT teams for financial planning and consolidation system support.
- Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve system, data, and business process issues.
- Support month-end close, budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting activities.
- Develop, maintain, and enhance financial consolidation and management reporting.
- Validate consolidated financial results for accuracy and completeness.
- Gather and document business requirements and translate them into functional specifications.
- Support system testing, user acceptance testing, and financial data validation.
- Identify and implement process improvements that increase efficiency and reporting accuracy.
- Maintain reporting structures, financial hierarchies, and process documentation.
- Perform impact analysis related to system, process, and data changes.
- Support financial systems transition and transformation initiatives.
- Assist with reconciliation efforts between financial systems and source data.
- Support audit requirements, internal controls, and financial data governance.
Requirements / Must-Haves:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or a related field.
- 6+ years of Business Analyst experience supporting Finance and Accounting organizations.
- Hands-on experience supporting SAP BPC Planning and Consolidation environments.
- Experience building, supporting, and maintaining BPC reports.
- Strong understanding of financial consolidation and corporate reporting processes.
- Experience supporting financial close, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting cycles.
- Knowledge of BPC dimensions, hierarchies, data models, and planning logic.
- Experience with Data Manager packages, data transformations, and data integrations.
- Strong requirements gathering, documentation, and process design experience.
- Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
Ideal Candidate:
The ideal candidate comes from a Finance, Accounting, Controllership, or Financial Systems background and has successfully supported SAP BPC environments in a Business Analyst capacity. They understand financial consolidations, reporting structures, and close processes, while also being comfortable working with IT teams on system enhancements, troubleshooting, testing, and process improvements.
Candidates with experience supporting SAP S/4HANA, SAP Group Reporting, OneStream, Hyperion, or SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) will stand out. The strongest candidates will have a blend of accounting knowledge, financial reporting expertise, and technical systems experience.